Number 18

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,587 draws, 5 from 1–47.

264times drawn · chance expected 275 −0.71σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

48longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 2,587 draws against 275.2 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 2,587 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 2 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 18 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest48 · chance 38.4
2nd smallest98 · chance 100.5
3rd smallest82 · chance 89.3
4th smallest34 · chance 31.9
5th smallest2 · chance 3.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 12 43 27 34 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 18 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 47. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 18 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	3	2nd	15 18 21 23 37
2026-09-30	7	2nd	1 18 25 41 43
2026-09-14	14	3rd	3 14 18 34 42
2026-08-12	9	3rd	7 14 18 19

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 18 is drawn with probability 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-23	1	4th	7 8 17 18 28
2025-07-21	25	1st	18 24 27 33 40
2025-05-23	5	2nd	14 18 19 28 39
2025-05-12	3	4th	4 6 15 18 41
2025-05-05	19	1st	18 35 37 38 43
2025-03-21	10	2nd	4 18 23 32 43
2025-02-26	6	2nd	1 18 31 32 38
2025-02-12	2	2nd	12 18 25 38 46
2025-02-07	24	1st	18 21 38 44 45
2024-12-13	3	3rd	1 13 18 28 31
2024-12-06	6	2nd	14 18 19 21 42
2024-11-22	7	3rd	2 15 18 24 41
2024-11-06	21	2nd	12 18 19 20 40
2024-09-18	4	2nd	10 18 21 27 45
2024-09-09	34	1st	18 35 41 43 46
2024-06-21	5	1st	18 24 26 27 40
2024-06-10	6	4th	1 10 17 18 29
2024-05-27	1	1st	18 22 27 31 38
2024-05-24	23	4th	1 5 11 18 29
2024-04-01	3	4th	12 14 15 18 43
2024-03-25	16	2nd	4 18 34 37 41
2024-02-16	5	1st	18 21 25 35 37
2024-02-05	33	3rd	1 17 18 26 42
2023-11-20	5	4th	3 9 10 18 36
2023-11-08	10	2nd	17 18 33 34 35
2023-10-16	27	4th	1 5 12 18 31
2023-08-14	6	2nd	9 18 24 39 47
2023-07-31	1	1st	18 25 26 41 46
2023-07-28	6	2nd	5 18 19 34 47
2023-07-14	7	3rd	12 16 18 37 44
2023-06-28	9	1st	18 30 33 40 41
2023-06-07	19	2nd	5 18 26 30 44
2023-04-24	14	3rd	9 12 18 28 44
2023-03-22	13	2nd	6 18 23 32 41
2023-02-20	1	4th	1 3 16 18 45
2023-02-17	14	2nd	1 18 33 39 41
2023-01-16	1	3rd	2 10 18 28 39
2023-01-13	18	3rd	12 17 18 38 39
2022-12-02	2	1st	18 28 35 40 43
2022-11-28	6	4th	2 3 14 18 20
2022-11-14	2	3rd	6 16 18 32 40
2022-11-09	11	1st	18 24 31 42 45
2022-10-17	17	2nd	11 18 22 28 40
2022-09-07	11	4th	3 7 17 18 29
2022-08-12	18	3rd	11 17 18 35 43
2022-07-01	2	3rd	3 5 18 23 29
2022-06-27	24	4th	4 8 15 18 40
2022-05-02	10	3rd	2 12 18 29 41
2022-04-08	6	1st	18 24 27 37 39
2022-03-25	1	3rd	4 11 18 30 38
2022-03-23	24	3rd	4 6 18 24 32
2022-01-26	2	2nd	17 18 29 30 47
2022-01-21	2	2nd	13 18 27 36 46
2022-01-17	3	3rd	12 16 18 19 38
2022-01-10	3	3rd	5 13 18 28 36
2022-01-03	11	4th	3 5 13 18 31
2021-12-08	8	4th	2 4 5 18 45
2021-11-19	8	3rd	2 3 18 27 29
2021-11-01	2	2nd	8 18 31 32 37
2021-10-27	5	2nd	9 18 24 26 30
2021-10-15	13	2nd	14 18 29 42 46
2021-09-15	2	2nd	7 18 27 44 45
2021-09-10	2	1st	18 21 32 35 36
2021-09-06	2	3rd	5 17 18 45 47
2021-09-01	14	2nd	3 18 23 41 43
2021-07-30	32	3rd	8 16 18 37 40
2021-05-17	29	2nd	14 18 23 31 46
2021-03-10	1	3rd	6 10 18 33 47
2021-03-08	7	5th	8 9 15 16 18
2021-02-19	42	1st	18 22 23 42 46
2020-11-13	15	3rd	2 11 18 44 46
2020-10-09	1	3rd	2 16 18 24 36
2020-10-07	12	1st	18 31 34 38 39
2020-09-09	15	4th	7 12 14 18 47
2020-08-05	8	2nd	12 18 19 36 38
2020-07-17	7	2nd	5 18 24 25 32
2020-07-01	18	1st	18 27 34 38 43
2020-05-20	9	4th	4 10 15 18 24
2020-04-29	31	3rd	9 16 18 24 36
2020-02-17	8	1st	18 21 23 30 46
2020-01-29	13	2nd	4 18 39 41 44
2019-12-30	8	2nd	4 18 25 28 39
2019-12-11	27	2nd	4 18 27 29 43
2019-10-09	1	2nd	4 18 35 43 44
2019-10-07	6	2nd	1 18 23 24 37
2019-09-23	1	4th	6 13 16 18 29
2019-09-20	4	2nd	12 18 27 28 45
2019-09-11	10	3rd	7 9 18 24 47
2019-08-19	5	3rd	3 4 18 26 31
2019-08-07	2	3rd	5 16 18 39 41
2019-08-02	4	1st	18 20 40 45 47
2019-07-24	13	2nd	13 18 27 32 47
2019-06-24	4	3rd	4 5 18 22 40
2019-06-14	14	3rd	4 12 18 30 35
2019-05-13	16	3rd	2 16 18 21 25
2019-04-05	2	3rd	10 14 18 19 27
2019-04-01	3	2nd	16 18 26 31 33
2019-03-25	8	2nd	12 18 21 43 44
2019-03-06	6	4th	6 10 12 18 43
2019-02-20	7	2nd	11 18 30 31 39
2019-02-04	16	2nd	17 18 35 42 44
2018-12-28	5	4th	11 12 15 18 47
2018-12-17	34	4th	3 12 15 18 35
2018-09-28	5	2nd	15 18 35 39 41
2018-09-17	14	4th	9 13 17 18 20
2018-08-15	27	3rd	4 6 18 22 32
2018-06-13	4	3rd	11 17 18 25 43
2018-06-04	4	2nd	15 18 31 33 39
2018-05-25	13	2nd	6 18 24 34 43
2018-04-25	4	4th	3 6 7 18 34
2018-04-16	7	2nd	12 18 19 29 38
2018-03-30	15	1st	18 21 22 26 34
2018-02-23	6	3rd	2 12 18 21 44
2018-02-09	10	3rd	1 16 18 19 30
2018-01-17	1	3rd	3 16 18 31 32
2018-01-15	8	2nd	14 18 26 31 44
2017-12-27	31	2nd	17 18 28 30 36
2017-10-16	3	3rd	7 12 18 25 38
2017-10-09	4	2nd	4 18 27 31 40
2017-09-29	4	2nd	14 18 25 37 41
2017-09-20	16	1st	18 23 26 35 46
2017-08-14	14	2nd	13 18 31 43 45
2017-07-12	7	2nd	11 18 34 41 44
2017-06-26	1	3rd	3 7 18 26 27
2017-06-23	16	2nd	14 18 23 24 34
2017-05-17	2	3rd	11 16 18 26 27
2017-05-12	16	1st	18 23 27 31 38
2017-04-05	23	1st	18 24 34 38 39
2017-02-10	20	2nd	15 18 19 27 44
2016-12-26	7	1st	18 28 31 34 45
2016-12-09	6	1st	18 27 28 33 47
2016-11-25	8	1st	18 21 22 36 44
2016-11-07	4	2nd	1 18 28 34 42
2016-10-28	4	2nd	13 18 21 22 38
2016-10-19	16	2nd	5 18 25 34 36
2016-09-12	14	3rd	7 14 18 29 47
2016-08-10	18	3rd	3 12 18 34 36
2016-06-29	4	4th	6 10 11 18 25
2016-06-20	16	3rd	3 17 18 25 44
2016-05-13	14	2nd	13 18 23 32 38
2016-04-11	9	1st	18 30 31 32 44
2016-03-21	3	2nd	15 18 29 30 31
2016-03-14	2	3rd	7 10 18 42 45
2016-03-09	2	3rd	3 16 18 36 46
2016-03-04	6	1st	18 19 39 40 47
2016-02-19	6	4th	11 12 13 18 30
2016-02-05	5	2nd	1 18 30 41 42
2016-01-25	1	4th	6 12 15 18 23
2016-01-22	20	3rd	8 10 18 31 47
2015-12-07	8	3rd	7 12 18 29 44
2015-11-18	3	1st	18 25 26 35 40
2015-11-11	2	3rd	1 6 18 26 37
2015-11-06	7	4th	10 11 17 18 43
2015-10-21	34	2nd	6 18 34 43 45
2015-08-03	4	3rd	6 9 18 31 47
2015-07-24	3	2nd	3 18 20 31 38
2015-07-17	21	3rd	9 15 18 30 42
2015-05-29	27	2nd	5 18 19 35 43
2015-03-27	3	5th	1 7 10 14 18
2015-03-20	25	2nd	12 18 19 21 42
2015-01-21	4	2nd	5 18 33 40 44
2015-01-12	14	1st	18 21 29 30 31
2014-12-10	3	2nd	4 18 31 37 47
2014-12-03	5	3rd	3 7 18 34 39
2014-11-21	9	2nd	5 18 22 35 38
2014-10-31	5	3rd	8 10 18 24 27
2014-10-20	14	2nd	12 18 22 36 37
2014-09-17	4	2nd	12 18 26 27 31
2014-09-08	2	2nd	14 18 27 32 33
2014-09-03	17	3rd	11 14 18 38 40
2014-07-25	7	1st	18 28 34 36 42
2014-07-09	4	2nd	8 18 22 38 40
2014-06-30	4	2nd	16 18 19 24 43
2014-06-20	17	1st	18 19 25 36 39
2014-05-12	3	3rd	1 17 18 24 32
2014-05-05	25	4th	3 8 17 18 42
2014-03-07	2	2nd	14 18 23 32 44
2014-03-03	5	2nd	10 18 23 31 37
2014-02-19	2	3rd	2 7 18 38 47
2014-02-14	9	1st	18 33 34 42 45
2014-01-24	7	3rd	9 15 18 25 28
2014-01-08	11	1st	18 22 26 34 36
2013-12-13	9	1st	18 24 42 46 47
2013-11-22	7	1st	18 19 24 36 42
2013-11-06	12	3rd	2 11 18 23 26
2013-10-09	6	3rd	10 17 18 19 20
2013-09-25	4	2nd	8 18 27 33 40
2013-09-16	25	1st	18 23 25 36 46
2013-07-19	11	3rd	2 12 18 19 22
2013-06-24	3	3rd	3 7 18 29 34
2013-06-17	3	4th	7 8 11 18 19
2013-06-10	11	2nd	5 18 41 42 43
2013-05-15	2	2nd	12 18 25 27 43
2013-05-10	14	2nd	11 18 34 35 40
2013-04-08	19	2nd	3 18 30 35 45
2013-02-22	5	4th	2 14 17 18 27
2013-02-11	4	3rd	13 14 18 30 38
2013-02-01	8	3rd	9 12 18 35 42
2013-01-14	5	2nd	7 18 34 45 47
2013-01-02	5	1st	18 32 34 43 44
2012-12-21	48	2nd	15 18 29 40 46
2012-08-31	18	3rd	2 14 18 30 31
2012-07-20	5	2nd	10 18 21 24 36
2012-07-09	6	3rd	11 14 18 36 40
2012-06-25	1	3rd	13 15 18 23 34
2012-06-22	1	3rd	4 13 18 35 45
2012-06-20	18	2nd	2 18 21 30 47
2012-05-09	13	3rd	12 13 18 24 40
2012-04-09	7	3rd	8 9 18 42 43
2012-03-23	13	1st	18 22 26 40 44
2012-02-22	6	2nd	5 18 23 24 41
2012-02-08	29	1st	18 19 29 34 44
2011-12-02	13	2nd	14 18 19 23 29
2011-11-02	2	3rd	7 16 18 29 36
2011-10-28	4	3rd	7 12 18 25 42
2011-10-19	6	2nd	11 18 23 37 39
2011-10-05	7	2nd	10 18 32 44 45
2011-09-19	5	1st	18 24 28 33 45
2011-09-07	37	1st	18 19 21 25 29
2011-06-13	4	1st	18 21 27 33 43
2011-06-03	17	1st	18 21 27 35 38
2011-04-25	3	4th	4 15 16 18 38
2011-04-18	7	3rd	4 13 18 35 47
2011-04-01	33	2nd	3 18 30 37 44
2011-01-14	9	3rd	5 11 18 27 42
2010-12-24	9	4th	6 13 14 18 31
2010-12-03	2	3rd	1 4 18 23 25
2010-11-29	10	3rd	15 16 18 41 45
2010-11-05	18	2nd	8 18 33 35 42
2010-09-24	3	1st	18 21 38 40 41
2010-09-17	1	2nd	11 18 19 20 28
2010-09-15	10	4th	4 11 17 18 44
2010-08-23	12	2nd	12 18 40 45 47
2010-07-26	10	2nd	10 18 21 40 47
2010-07-02	15	3rd	15 17 18 23 42
2010-05-28	6	2nd	2 18 21 33 42
2010-05-14	1	2nd	14 18 31 34 43
2010-05-12	7	2nd	17 18 32 40 42
2010-04-26	5	2nd	1 18 27 30 45
2010-04-14	—	3rd	10 11 18 35 38